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UK court upholds Cayman Islands law legalising same-sex partnerships

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The original change in the law came in 2020 following a landmark court case brought by a lesbian couple in the Cayman Islands. Photograph: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

A court in London has upheld a Cayman Islands law legalising same-sex civil partnerships, in a move that campaigners say could turn the tide for other British overseas territories battling for LGBTQ+ rights.

On Monday, the privy council, the final court of appeal for the British overseas territory, rejected an appeal that had argued the Caribbean island’s governor had no right to enact the bill, after lawmakers had rejected similar legislation.

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